Nidhi Malhotra

Company: Merck

Job title: Principal Scientist & Director

Bio:

Nidhi is an immunologist who trained at UMass Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital for PhD and postdoctoral fellowships, respectively. She has published in several top tier immunology journals such as Science Immunology, Immunity, elife, JACI etc on skin immune homeostasis mechanisms and subsequently moved to industry to develop drugs for autoimmune and dermatological diseases. She leads a team of scientists at Merck Research Labs for last 5 years in Immunology therapeutic area

Seminars:

Panel Discussion: Bridging the Innovation-Impact Gap: What Will Define the Next Decade of Dermatology Drug Development? 2:30 pm

• How will new modalities (gene therapy, senotherapeutics, trispecifics) reshape pipelines? • What breakthroughs are needed to close the 80% treatment gap? • How can we institutionalize patient-centric, implementation-first drug design? • What changes are coming from FDA and EMA regarding animal testing, inclusion criteria, and biomarkers? • Who's responsible for driving system-wide adoption: industry,…Read more

day: Day Two PM

Workshop C: Advancing Modality Innovation in Dermatology: Matching Biology with the Right Therapeutic Platform 1:00 pm

With expanding insights into the molecular drivers of dermatologic diseases, discovery and early development teams are increasingly tasked with aligning the right therapeutic modality to complex biological targets. From immune engagement to genetic correction, this workshop explores how new formats like bispecifics, gene therapies, and oligonucleotides are reshaping the future of skin-targeted treatments. Key Objectives…Read more

day: PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP DAY Track A P2